William Shenstone Quotes

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

Love is a pleasing, but a various clime!

It is a miserable thing to love where one hates; and yet it is not inconsistent.

Second thoughts are oftentimes the very worst of all thoughts.

Love can be founded upon nature only; or the appearance of it.

I have found out a gift for my fair;
I have found where the wood-pigeons breed.

Perish the lover, whose imperfect flame
Forgets one feature of the nymph he lov'd.

Let the gull'd fool the toil of war pursue,
Where bleed the many to enrich the few.

Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are shewing you the grounds of it.

Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow,
Emblem right meet of decency does yield.

Oft has good-nature been the fool's defence,
And honest meaning gilded want of sense.

Theirs is the present who can praise the past.

I trimm'd my lamp, consumed the midnight oil.

She pleas'd while distant, but, when near, she charm'd.